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One Farmer’s New Year Resolutions for Our Troubled Times

Posted on February 3, 2026 by admin

By: John E. Peck, executive director of Family Farm Defenders An abridged version of this article was recently published in the Capitol Hill Citizen The Grinch really stole Xmas last year for many family farmers – and sadly his spirit … Continue reading →

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Constructing Food Sovereignty – Report-back from the 8th CLOC Congress

Posted on January 30, 2026 by Samson Srok

The morning haze cannot fully conceal the power of the sun in balmy Morelos. Hundreds of us stand, our numbers growing as more trickle in to witness that morning’s mystica. Mexica dancers move to a reverberating drum beat, the seedpods … Continue reading →

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Big Data is a Bad Idea! Why AI Factory Farms Will Not Save Rural America

Posted on January 9, 2026 by admin

By: John E. Peck, executive director, Family Farm Defenders Published by Common Dreams, Jan. 12, 2026 One word – plastics. That was the golden grail that Dustin Hoffman learned about from some well wisher in the movie the Graduate. I … Continue reading →

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Save the Date! Fri. Nov. 14th – Sat. Nov. 15th FFD Annual Meeting and John Kinsman Food Sovereignty Prize Award Ceremony in Madison, WI

Posted on October 24, 2025 by admin

Kickoff Event – Wisconsin Premiere Screening of the new Price of Milk film Fri. Nov. 14th 5:30 – 8:00 pm UW-Madison’s Ag Hall, Rm 125 (1450 Linden Dr.)  Followup Panelists include: Pete Hardin, editor of The Milkweed; Sarah Lloyd, former … Continue reading →

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FFD Stands with Farmworkers, Calls Attention to the True Causes of our Immigration Crisis

Posted on August 15, 2025 by admin

Since our organization, the Family Farm Defenders (FFD), began in the early 1990s, we knew that the fate of food and farm systems around the world are inexorably linked to one another. We witnessed how free trade deals uprooted people … Continue reading →

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